A related but broader concept than legal purity: the demand that law itself be kept “pure” from contamination by politics, morality, economics, or social context. Law purity treats law as an autonomous system that must be governed by its own internal logic, insulated from external values that would “corrupt” it. This mirrors political purity in its insistence on boundary maintenance and its fear of hybrid forms. While often associated with legal formalism, law purity also appears in radical critiques that treat engagement with existing legal institutions as inherently compromising. The result is often a retreat from using law as a tool for social change.
Example: “His law purity led him to refuse participating in any legal reform effort—he saw engagement with the existing system as legitimizing it, even when reforms would have reduced harm.”
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The actual Purity Law is a result of the Bavarian Duke, Wilhelm IV. He instated the law at the Ingolstadt Parliament in 1516. The reason to institute such a law was mainly the quality of "Beers" at that time. At that time, spices used were fruits, herbs, weeds such as anis, myrtle, oak leaves, ivy (poisonous), along with the poisonous seeds of herbstzeitlosen, raspberries, elderberry, caraway, lavender, dandelion, bay leaves, balm, mint, nutmeg, cherry leaves, plums, rose leaves, rosemary, wild rosemary, schluessel flowers, juniper berries, and lemon were normally used for brewing. Thereby, there were certain reasons for these uses. As an example, some ingredients were used as a substitute for hops, others for the intoxicating effect, others to extend the shelf life. It is easy to see that beers at that time had little to do with what we know today as beer.
The actual Purity Law is a result of the Bavarian Duke, Wilhelm IV. He instated the law at the Ingolstadt Parliament in 1516. The reason to institute such a law was mainly the quality of "Beers" at that time. At that time, spices used were fruits, herbs, weeds such as anis, myrtle, oak leaves, ivy (poisonous), along with the poisonous seeds of herbstzeitlosen, raspberries, elderberry, caraway, lavender, dandelion, bay leaves, balm, mint, nutmeg, cherry leaves, plums, rose leaves, rosemary, wild rosemary, schluessel flowers, juniper berries, and lemon were normally used for brewing. Thereby, there were certain reasons for these uses. As an example, some ingredients were used as a substitute for hops, others for the intoxicating effect, others to extend the shelf life. It is easy to see that beers at that time had little to do with what we know today as beer.
Thank goodness for the German Purity Law of 1516. If not beer would taste like crap and we would die of food poisoning.
by Diane aka the BITCH July 26, 2005
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An internet rule dictating that those who condemn and demonize fan service for normal, sane people often define themselves as queer or as LGBTQ "allies".
Such individuals will often engage in gaslighting tactics, equating physically attractive female characters to pornography or maintain that ugly or masculine-looking female characters are better because of "realism", even in otherwise fantastical settings and despite the escapist nature of fiction. This is a bizarro mirror image of conservative Christian puritanism that such people often found themselves opposed to in previous decades.
Such individuals will often engage in gaslighting tactics, equating physically attractive female characters to pornography or maintain that ugly or masculine-looking female characters are better because of "realism", even in otherwise fantastical settings and despite the escapist nature of fiction. This is a bizarro mirror image of conservative Christian puritanism that such people often found themselves opposed to in previous decades.
"OMG, what do you care what Mary Jane Watson looks like? Shut up, your porn-brained incel!"
"You have pronouns and pride flags in your twitter bio and your likes are full of futa. The Iron Law of Bizarro Queer Puritanism remains undefeated."
"You have pronouns and pride flags in your twitter bio and your likes are full of futa. The Iron Law of Bizarro Queer Puritanism remains undefeated."
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